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This section looks at the demand for PHP 5 skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PHP5 over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPHP 5
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£229£257
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.75
% change on same period last year-10.23 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads203333
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.332 %
Daily rates quoted5258
Average minimum daily rate£302£293
Average daily rate£328£305
% change on same period last year+7.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted2445
Average minimum hourly rate£29.02£33.76
Average hourly rate£32.47£35.77
% change on same period last year-9.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.91£37.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
PHP5 CambridgeshirePHP5
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PHP5
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PHP5 across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge PHP5 Demand Trend

PHP5
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PHP5 across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge PHP5 Daily Rate Trend

PHP5
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing PHP5 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP5.

11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)PHP4

PHP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing PHP5 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PHP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Developer
11 (100.00 %)SQL Developer
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
11 (100.00 %)MySQL Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)PHP4
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle